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Official Statement Haiti

Romanian Caritas Confederation, cooperating with 11 diocesan Caritas organizations, organized in the catholic churches of Romania a collect for the support of the population from Haiti, gathering until now 930.000 RON (approximately 225.000 EUR), the largest amount of money ever gathered by Caritas in such a collect.

Caritas specialists began planning the first rehabilitation and construction programs, which will include not only houses construction for the distressed families but also programs that will contribute at the assurance of living sources for the affected families and also the reconstruction of communitarian institutions (schools, social centers etc.)

Romanian Caritas Confederation will identify together with the partners from the Caritas Internationalis network rehabilitation projects, but also for preparation of the population for future disasters. These will be sponsored from the amounts of money gathered in the collect.

Following Bishops Virgil Bercea's advice, Caritas Eparhial Oradea organized on 31st January 2010, in the greek-catholic churches from Diocese of Oradea, a special money collect as a sign of solidarity with the people affected by the earthquake in Haiti, in order to contribue to the helping and rehabilitation programs run through Caritas network. On this special collect the sum of 39.408 lei was raised.